XN000022-1983-05-21 — Page 2

SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1983

THERE SHOULD BE NO SPECULATION ON SINO-BRITISH TALKS

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THE RETIRING DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, OPERATIONS, MR PETER HOOR, TODAY (SATURDAY) STRESSED THAT MEMBERS OF THE FORCE MUST NOT ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BECOME EMBROILED IN SPECULATION ON THE OUTCOME OF THE TALKS CONCERNING HONG KONG'S FUTURE.

MOOR

POINTING OUT THAT THIS PIECE OF ADVICE ALSO HAD RELEVANCE TO THE PUBLIC, HE SAID IT WAS NOT UNREASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS DETAILS OF THE TALKS WERE MADE PUBLIC, SPECULATION WOULD CONTINUE.

ADDRESSING RECRUITS AT A PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL, MR MOOR SAID THE POLICE HAD A JOB TO DO AND CITED THEIR OATH OF OFFICE IN WHICH ALL POLICE OFFICERS HAVE SWORN TO 'OBEY, UPHOLD AND MAINTAIN THE LAWS OF HONG KONG'.

''OUR TASK AHEAD IS, THEREFORE, QUITE CLEAR, WE MUST ADOPT A COMPLETELY OBJECTIVE APPROACH AND CONTINUE TO DO OUR DUTY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER WHICH 13 SO IMPORTANT TO THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND POLITICAL STABILITY OF HONG KONG,'' HE SAID.

TURKING TO PRACTICAL POLICE WORK, MR MOOR ADVISED THE RECRUITS TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM OLDER AND MORE EXPERIENCED OFFICERS.

**IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS YOU ARE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LIFE IN GENERAL THAN HANY OF YOUR FRIENDS, WHO ARE NOT IN THE FORCE, COULD EVEN HOPE TO SEE IN THEIR WHOLE LIFETIMES.

'THE SOLUTIONS TO MANY OF THE PROBLEMS WHICH YOU WILL BE FACING, AS YOU WILL QUICKLY SEE, WILL NOT BE SET OUT CLEARLY IN YOUR TEXT BOOKS, HE SAID.

APART FROM URGING THEM TO USE THEIR INITIATIVE AND COMMON SENSE AS WELL AS KNOWLEDGE OF LAW AND POLICE PROCEDURES, MR HOOR ASKED THE YOUNG OFFICERS FRESH FROM TRAINING TO SEEK ADVICE FROM THE VETERANS AND WATCH THEM IN ACTION.

**YOU WILL FIND THAT, GENERALLY SPEAKING, MOST OF THEM WILL BE ONLY TOO PLEASED TO HELP YOU AND NOT ONLY WILL YOU STAND TO LEARN MORE QUICKLY, YOU WILL ALSO PROBABLY BE MAKING NEW FRIENDS IN THE PROCESS,**

* HE ADDED.

REMINDING THE RECRUITS THAT THEY WOULD ALWAYS HAVE, STRAPPED TO THEIR BELTS, ALL THE BACK-UP AND SUPPORTIVE FACILITIES THAT ONE WOULD EXPECT FROM A LARGE, MODERN AND SOPHISTICATED FORCE, THE DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF URGED THEM TO FULLY UTILISE THEIR BEAT RADIOS WHICH WERE LINKED TO THE IR RESPECTIVE REGIONAL COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRES.

**THROUGH YOUR RCCC YOU WILL BE ABLE TO USE YOUR BEAT RADIO TO SUMMON THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHER POLICE OFFICERS OR SPECIALIST SERVICES," HE NOTED.

/THESE INCLUDED